Children scramble to help carry whatever they can. Our Land Cruiser leans precariously to one side, almost at tipping point. With the supplies unloaded, the crowd around the vehicle rally together to push. It takes the full strength of the engine combined with the arms and legs of 20 individuals to dislodge our trusty vehicle from the sticky mud.... Click hear to read on
Flying with the wind…
With a gentle and skillful pull of the line, it flies quickly up up up into the sky, further and further as more and more string is released until the colourful kite soars almost out of sight in the cloudless sky... Click here to read on
A normal day in the OT
“We’ve got an interesting case here if you’d like to come have a look, it’s an amputation so you don’t have to come if you don’t feel up to it.”
I hang up the phone and briefly think if I’m up for the offer to observe and learn about a new type of operation that I have not seen before. It gives me a chance to see how all the equipment that I’m responsible for in the operating theatre is used and ensure it is being used properly... Click here to read on
Before and after
Delicious pomegranates ready for a leaving party... Click here to see photos
First impressions of Afghanistan
Endless desert gives way to rising sandy coloured mountains, ever increasing in height. Like wrinkles on an aged face, the land puckers up into a mass of hills and valleys. Small green areas, seemingly too small to support human inhabitance carpet the narrow valley bottoms, surrounded by small villages. Precarious roads criss cross the barren landscape, climbing up and over each wrinkle as if searching for something hidden in the folds of the land beyond... Click here to read on